Calculated Betrayal

Vance didn't answer right away. Worried he might be unhappy, Travis quickly added, "Mr. Kensington, there's no need to make it so nobody gets a piece of the pie, right?"

Vance knew that after guarding the gold mine for so long, there was no way the village chief's family would be satisfied with just being bought off with a lump sum.

He'd drawn such a hard line on purpose as he was waiting for th